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  • Birthday 16/01/1978

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  1. August/September 1997 (25 years ago!) I went through recruit training at Halton. I can still remember how being back-flighted/re-flighted was considered a fate worse than death.... Accepting that it actually will have helped her ditch a huge amount of self-inflicted pressure, good on her! The 2nd time you go through a gas chamber and unmask is actually enjoyable if nobody else has been through it. It's still awful, but at least you have the advantage of knowing how awful it will be.
  2. Congratulations to your daughter for joining up - please pass on to her that she will never forget recruit training, but as time passes it will be the fun/daft/happy bits which stay as the strongest memories (and not so much the seemingly endless bollockings.....) Assuming that the rules remain the same (not allowed to leave base) then it seems the best/only option is to provisionally book at MOT for the day after her graduation (I would suggest not early in the morning...) You can always re-schedule if she decides she loves Halton so much that she wants to stay on for a few extra weeks
  3. If you ride any long journeys (especially dual carriageway/constant speed) then a clip on throttle rest is fantastic Scottoiler Crampbuster - https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=scott ... 66&bih=643 Or something similar. There's lots of different types and you should be able to pick them up for £5. Best £5 I've spent on bike kit I reckon.
  4. Schuberth C3 in Fluoro yellow. About as bright as you can get, great quality, comfort, practical. None of those things I listed sounded sexy though.
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    Tent help

    I treated myself to one of these: https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/produ ... CEIQ8wIwAA The Omega range is one of the slightly posher range of Vango tents, it's light and packs down very small, alloy poles - basically all the spec you are likely to want. Plenty of room in the porch to put your bike kit. I got lucky last year - Decathlon had them for £70 - but even at the eBay/Amazon online price they're damn good value.
  6. Ordered one! Actually, I've ordered 2 lol - one M and one L - I hate buying stuff online, deciding I want to try the size smaller/larger, sending it back, then finding I actually preferred the other size after all..... This way I try both back to back and decide. (Then find I want an XL anyway)
  7. Lol - sorry didn't mean to pry! Couldn't see any sizing info on the website (other than just M, L etc) so thought I'd ask to get an idea. I'm 5'11, 32" waist and 40" chest, I seem to range between an S and an XL depending on where I get stuff :s
  8. Sounds very promising - can I ask what size you bought and what your height/chest/waist size is please?
  9. Budget is a big thing... Great features, Great Quality, Great Price. Pick any two. I use a C3 (with a Sena Bluetooth kit) and it's a great combination. Before I put the noisy exhaust on my bike I could have phone conversations at 80mph and people just thought I was in the car. But it's not a cheap option. Mind you, I don't have a cheap head.
  10. dex

    Garage Flooring..

    Also seems to work really well at keeping the dust down (as it gets trapped in the carpet, then you just hoover it up) As well as being good thermal and sound insulation etc. Also better on your bike tyres if the bikes stay parked up for long periods. Yeah - and free. Free is good.
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    Garage Flooring..

    After we'd put the most recent lot of carpet down (whenever a mate is getting a new carpet, we remove their old one for them ) we had some offcuts so she carpeted some sections of the walls too. That way it doesn't matter how close we get the bikes when we park them, we're not gonna scrape/scratch the exhaust, mirrors, etc etc I've told her that when we get the new TV for the front room, the 50" will go in the bedroom and the bedroom TV (42") will be going in the garage. That way I can watch the Moto GP or the F1 while I tinker with the bikes, rather than having to split my time between the two
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    Garage Flooring..

    I took a different approach and just carpeted my garage floor. Helps insulate the garage, makes it nice and warm/comfy when I sit or lie on the floor to work on the bike.
  13. Couple of years ago I got a MK3 Golf Estate - 1.9D. (Yes, non-turbo, slow as a slug) It cost me £200, and came with 6 months tax and MOT. It never did less than 48mpg over a tank (and never more than 52) and nothing broke on it in 12k driving in 6 months. Once the MOT ran out I scrapped it and got given £100 by a bloke who came to pick it up. My other car at the time ran on petrol and did 25mpg on a very good day, going gently. So every tank of fuel I put in the Golf I was saving money
  14. I am guessing that neither the 2011 BMW nor the 2009 Mondeo were £500 cars? The reason I suggested a £500 diesel car wasn't because he could get something awesome he'd love forever and people would think he looked cool in. It was so that he had transport.
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